About LeShea Agnew

LeShea Agnew is a national award-winning journalist who joined the WXXI news team in 2011 as a Producer for Morning Edition, Host and Reporter. LeShea became the youngest interim host of 1370 Connection, a live, call-in radio talk show before being recruited to the St. Louis area for various broadcasting opportunities. A life-long native of North Carolina, she graduated from Salem College (the country’s oldest women's college) in 2008 with a degree in Mass Communication. LeShea served as the All Things Considered and Weekend Edition host for several years at NPR-member station WFDD in Winston-Salem.

Posts by LeShea Agnew:

The war on drugs is racist. The steps on the uneven road to equality are not as few as many Americans wish to believe. Certain outdated laws intended to govern basic behaviors and safeguard personal freedoms now hinder our ability to balance the scales of justice evenly for everyone. Targeted enforcement and harsher penalties for […]